Discover the annals of military history and revolutions, exploring pivotal battles, strategies, and uprisings that defined eras and redrawn borders.
In December 1825, a small group of Russian officers launched an ill-fated insurrection that was celebrated by the Soviets as the First Russian Revolution.
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a brutal conflict that permanently changed East Asia. Here’s why China and Japan went to war for the second time.
Female espionage is often synonymous with sexpionage in popular culture. Discover how these Cold War spies slipped under the radar as writers, entertainers, and homemakers.
Peter the Great’s victory over Sweden in the Great Northern War laid the foundations for Russia’s rise as a European great power.
The Crusader era in the Holy Land lasted from 1096 to 1291. Battles and clashes marked this time, yet three marked turning points. Only one side would prevail.
War is often a chaotic mess. Here are six times combatants switched sides whilst engaged in the very same war.
The American Civil War risked breaking apart the United States, but Union artillery played a vital role in suppressing the Confederate rebels.
When a freebooting Cossack sold a grand adventure to the Tsar, the expedition became a diplomatic disaster and a little-known footnote in the “scramble for Africa.”